Objectives High levels of excess mortality (ie that not explained by deprivation) have been
observed for Scotland compared with England & Wales, and especially for Glasgow in …

This work focuses on the welfare costs of exposure to shocks and uncertainty linked to trade
openness—a prominent issue in international debate. It contributes by presenting a …

Regional resilience is a new paradigm to explain the local system ability to cope with a
negative event, tolerating the effect produced by the perturbing action. The first objective of …

Using the 2011 South African population census, we provide income and multidimensional
poverty and inequality estimates at the municipal level. We go on to estimate a spatial …

This paper adopts a vulnerability perspective to look into some of the key developmental
issues that have been raised in discussions following the global financial and economic …

This paper examines the continuing impact of the 2007/08 financial crisis in rural Ireland,
examining the vulnerability and coping strategies at the household scale. Therefore, rather …

The aim of this work is to verify a theoretical representation of the multidimensional concept
of territorial risk, through a study of Italian provinces. The concept is referred to the exposure …

China's new poverty alleviation strategy has been focusing on the 14 undeveloped poverty-
stricken areas including Qinba, which faces frequent natural disasters, fragile ecological …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the urban resilience capacity and its
relations with the economic, social and environmental well-being in smart cities in the state …

Os efeitos da sucessão/sobreposição de crises ambientais, de insegurança, de governação,
financeiras, econômicas e sociais diluíram-se no quotidiano de boa parte das regiões do …